Prior to the American Revolution, the British
repealed all of the new taxes they had levied on the colonists, with the
exception of the "sin" taxes, such as taxes on whiskey and tobacco.
Answer:
This angered the colonists. They felt the Proclamation was a plot to keep them under the strict control of England and that the British only wanted them east of the mountains so they could keep an eye on them. As a result, colonists rebelled against this law just like they did with the mercantile laws.
